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Description: | An incomplete lead object, probably a Post Medieval lead alloy cloth alnage seal dating 1707-1714.The object is oval, flat and has an incomplete perimeter. This is probably one disc from a two-disc cloth seal. One side is decorated with a Shield with arms of post 1707-Union Britain, Garter with motto [HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y] PENSE around.A very similar seal is illustrated in Egan (1994:75 no. 196), and another is recorded on the PAS database as LON-5E1AD2.Egan (1994:74-5) writes: "Large Seals with the National Arms. A series of these seals which are integrally cast with the devices (one with the arms of the realm and the other with a large, crowned rose), was in use from the reign of Elizabeth I to that of George I. The inner discs occasionally retain traces of gilding, which may well have originally been present on all of these seals. A grant for 'the sole use, making, vending and gilding of all leaden seals used for the New Drapery in England' for 14 years suggests that at that time gilded seals were for one specific branch of the textile industry."Reference: Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. Occasional Paper 93. The British Museum Press; London.
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